THINK SHOW 2012

The entire school just completed a unit on healthy living. The students' resulting projects were displayed for public viewing during an exhibition called Think Show! In visual art, we focused on (healthy) food's role in famous works of art. The students drew their own Henri Matisse inspired fruit faces, and created Claes Oldenburg inspired food sculptures amongst other activities.

In partnership with the Hispanic Cultural Club, the visual art students are participating in various activities and creating a wide range of art to honor National Hispanic Heritage Month. On October 11 Kirby Middle School had the Second Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival and Program to promote awareness of various Hispanic customs, arts and activities..

We are currently working on an altar that will be displayed at the Brooks Museum of Art in commemoration

and celebration

of Dia de los Muertos....

Is that Science?.....

......YES, ART HAS SCIENCE!

For more information on the interdisciplinary

connections between art and science using color

please visit Color Matters

Color Wheel Tints and Shades Abstract Hands

6th and 7th Grade:

Exploring the color wheel in multiple mediums...

Coffee filters colored with ONLY red, blue and yellow markers, brushed with water to create and observe primary colors blending together into secondary colors.

Students used pastels on black construction paper and crayons/color pencils on white paper to show color wheels with shade and tint differences.

6th and 7th Grade:

Art 1 worked on geometric paper collages as they took a careful look at Pablo Picasso's Three Musicians.

7th Grade (Art 2):

7th Grade Art 2 is busy studying Lines

in Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night

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8th Grade: Abstract Art